Wamena remained tense well into 2001, with high security at the jail where the Satgas Papua members and Panel leaders were being held. Outsiders were kept from monitoring the trials.

The Cartenz Peace Task Force has handed over 2 members of Indonesian National Police as suspects of illegal ammunition ...

Shot, wounded and dead: Wamena riot death toll remains shrouded in mystery On Monday, Sept. 23, Amandus, took his son on a motorcycle to SMA YPPK Santo Thomas senior high school in Wamena ...

Indonesian authorities should independently investigate recent riots in Wamena, Papua that resulted in 33 deaths, Human Rights Watch said today. Since, September 29, 2019, at least 8,000 ...

The primitive tribe still live a very traditional existence due to the remoteness of their location, only reachable by plane. Situated at an altitude of 1,600 metres in the heart of the Cyclops ...

To the southwest of Wamena, Lorentz National Park serves as a cautionary tale for how the Trans-Papua Highway can alter the landscape of a protected area. Spanning 2.35 million hectares ...

Indonesia tightened security in the town of Wamena in the easternmost region of Papua, after 10 people were killed during a riot triggered by rumours that a child had been kidnapped, an official ...

Sat, December 18, 2021 Published on Dec. 17, 2021 Published on 2021-12-17T16:03:05+07:00 t began as an outré dance subculture initiated by teens in the West Papuan highlands. Now, is wisisi set ...

A spokesman for the Papua military, Eko Daryanto, said at least 16 civilians, including 13 from other Indonesian provinces, were killed in Wamena, mostly after they were trapped in burning houses ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta-The Papua Police spokesperson commissioner Benny Adi Prabwo said that the death toll caused by a widespread riot in Papua Highlands' Wamena District had increased to 10 people. The ...